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ATLANTA, GA.. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1013.
CARDINAL GIBBONS
ON WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE.
C ARDINAL .OIBBON8. of the Ro
man Cathiolic Church, has ex
pressed hi. belief In the com lux
of suffrage for woman In this country,
but he qualified his expression with
the remark that he was not voicing
his own approval on the subject,
the church had taken no action In
the matter and that the Catholic
Church had always maintained the
home-loving idea in its women But
that he believed that suffrage Is con
ing. he did assert
These are not the exact words of
the Cardinal, Icr! they embody the
idea.
In other States the ballot has been
given women, and women haw proved
that they can conduct a political cam
paign without lessening their dignity.
“The danger lies, however." said a
well known Southern ciub woman,
who comes of a race of politicians and
statesmen, “not in the fact that wo
men can vote or that they are likely
to neglect their homes and families,
but In their OWN PERSONAL AM
BITION. Women as r rule arc FOL
LOWERS. They must have a leader,
anl when a leader appears upon the
boards, they naturally, not knowing
themselves much of the machinery
of politics, follow. When the leader
becomes accustomed to Ire followed
and feels her power of position an I
Influence she Just naturally wants
everything In sight. And the other
women are ready to give it to her.
until they learn to tend themselves,
end then they become her bitter foes.
Women are not like man when they
are your foes. They will give no inch
while they are taking every ell In
sight
“I have seen men In political cam
paigns fight to the finish at one time,
and next year walk serenely, hand in
hand, In their affiliations. Women will
never do that. They are your enemy
to-day to-mqrrow and forever! That
is their idea of right and justice. Once
condemn-ed, forever loot
“In the maelstrom of political af
fairs that are brewing for the women
of Georgia there Is mire to come a
time when the test of this will be in
the public eve. There are already
LEADERS and FOLLOWERS In the
State, and the question will be. will
the leaders lead, and will the follow
ers follow after they have dived deep
into polities and get a clearer under
standing of the situation?
“Women will mnke honest politi
cians They will not squander the
State's patrimony, nor will they pn*-
ronlze unscrupulous political heelers.
They will administer with clean
hands but until they broaden out
considerably they will administer
with the dominant thought of self-
advancement—not for the advance
ment of the cause no much as for the
advancement of their personal plans
and power.
“Herein lies the danger to the bal
lot If women are enfranchised. Here
in lies the danger to the State, to the
home, if there really is any danger ;o
the home, and to the other women
■who FOLLOW.
“It haa been said that many of the
women's club of to-day that are or
ganizing unostentatiously are bodies
political, and that Is true In a way.
They are unconsciously political.
Reading up on law, on civics, on all
the MAN-WOMAN questions that ara
pertinent to-day, they just naturally
become Informed along the lines that
make them politicians, and while some
of them will deny being foT suffrage,
thev are UNCONSCIOUSLY
“Cardinal Gibbons is right, as Is
many of the best minds in the coun
try to-day. Suffrage is coming, but
before it comes the women must grow
out of the PERSONAL, before they
can accomplish the beautiful and
wonderful reorganization that ia ex
pected In the world of politics in the
near future
"THE DANGER LIES IN THE
FEW—NOT THE MANY!
“There are several suffrage organi
zations In Atlanta with brainy women
al the head. The Atlanla Woman’s
Suffrage Association has Mrs Mary
L. McLendon as its president. The
leader of the Woman's ' Suffrage
League is Mrs. Francis Whitesides.
Both women are well equipped to he
at (he head of any organization
where brains and ability are neces-
oary. Besides, there are several
branches of the main societies that
are composed of younger women, and
there is proposed for the fall an or
ganization for young girls who w ill oe
trained for the great thought and
work the suffragists have on hand for
the future. This organization will be
formed on the North Side, and will
have as its head one of the most
brilliant of the younger members of
society, a woman who is graduated
from one of the foremost colleges n
the country and who Is gifted In many
ways. The Atlanta woman suffragists
are not militant. They are an earnest
body of intelligent women working
for what they believe is their right
the ballot.
“And sooner or later they are sure
of getting that, for It is sure to come.”
...
REGISTERED NTRSES
have house warming
—p*HE Atlanta Registered Nurses'
| Association entertained at their
new home in the Herbert Apart
ments Wednesday afternoon and
evening with a brilliant reception,
more than 200 guests calling.
The Atlanta Registered Nurses' As
sociation, although a newly organized
club. Is one of the most enterpris
ing and active clubs In the City Fed-
eration.
The club made its formal debut as
a regularly organized body at the
Pur. Food Show in the spring. At
that time the nurses kent ah open
booth, where demonstrations of child
welfare, the care of babies and every
thing pertaining to the life of a child
was put into practice for the benefit
of the public. At that time articles
of value to the needs of children were
sold and a nice sum of money was
raised to contribute to the Home for
Incurables.
The reception on Wednesday after
noon and evening was in the way of
a house warming, as it was the first
time the new quarters of the nurses
were opened for inspection.
It is proposed by the club to fur
nish a permanent home for the nurses
who have no home or family of their
own in the city. There will be all tin-
comforts provided for a home life, and
the occupants of the home will have
every attention w r hen off duty. In
the home will be an accurately kept
register, where the nurses can check
in and check out as they go on and
off duty. It will furnish a central
place so nurses can be reached with
out delay, and where every nurse will
have an equal showing when It comes
to recommendations and placing on
cases.
The principal object of the associa
tion Is to provide first-class service
for the public, and to promote good
fellowship among the nurses.
It is a matter of fact that many
of the very best nurses who graduate
from the schools and hospitals are
not started off right. If a physician
cat ,c » a nurse on a case she has the
chance to make friends, thereby get
ting well spoken of by her patient and
his family, and in this way get other
calls. Sometimes a nurse graduates
and for some reason is overlooked by
the doctors, and for many months
may go without a case, which means
a great loss to her. The Atlanta Reg
istered Nurses’ Association will rem
edy this situation by keeping in touch
with every nurse in the club and help
ing her to the road of success.
On the occasion of the home being
opened Wednesday the advisory
board, the superintendents of all the
hospitals and sanitariums in the city,
together with the officers of the club
assisted in receiving the guests.
On the occasion of the reception
Wednesday afternoon the house was
beautifully decorated with flowers
and refreshments were served from a
prettily appointed table.
Assisting in the entertainment were
the advisory hoard, the superintend
ents of all the hospitals and sani
tariums in the city and the officers
of the club, as follows:
Miss Kamensky, president; Miss
Berta Thompson, first vice president;
Miss Caroline Norton, second vice
president; Miss Florence Atwell, re
cording secretary; Miss J. M. Fan-
dlish. corresponding secretary; Miss
Mamie Mobley, treasurer; Miss E. P.
Tupman, auditor; Mrs. Theodosia
Wardell. registrar; Mrs. Molly Ros
enberg. chairman house committee;
Miss Frances Patton, chairman mem
bership committee; Miss Alberta Do
zier. chairman register committee;
Miss E. B. Whatley, chairman nom
inations committee; Miss E. P. Tup-
man, chairman auditing committee.
Miss Virginia Gibbs and Miss C. M.
Johnson, chairman press and pub
licity committee.
The advisory hoard Is Dr. Charles
Boynton. Dr. William Perrin Nicol-
son, Dr. C. W. Summerall. Dr. J. B.
Paulin. Dr. Cyrus Strickler, Mrs.
Charles ,7. Haden, president of the
City Federation; Mrs. W. B. Price-
Smith. Mrs. Fred Hodgson, Mrs. H.
E. W. Palmer and Mrs. W. Ia. Peel.
Superintendents of the private
sanitariums and city hospitals who
were in the receiving party were:
Miss McGlynn. of the Noble Sanita
rium; Miss Phebeck, of Grady Hos
pital; Miss Morton, of Davis-Fischer
Sanitarium; Miss Morgan, of the
Tabernacle Infirmary; Miss Thomatj,
of the Elkin-GoldHmith Sanitarium,
and others.
• • •
THE WQMAN SUFFRAGE
LEAGUE.
•T* HE Woman Suffrage League held
I Its regular semi-monthly meet
ing In the lecture rooms of Car
negie Library Wednesday. Mrs. Harry
Smith, the president, in the chair.
Mrs. Gardner, the secretary, gave
a most gratifying report of work ac
complished. Numbers of buttons and
badges had been sold, and suffrage
literature, The Woman's Journal and
leaflets by the hundred had been dis
tributed to eager inquirers.
Mrs. Bradley gave a full account of
the funds she had collected from
membership dues, sales and contribu
tions. In spite of constant and heavy
calls upon the treasury, the reserve
fund was most gratifying.
Mrs. Helmer, chairman of member
ship, presented 30 newnames that had
Just been passed upon by the execu
tive committee. She stated that the
enrollment was now approaching the
200 mark.
Mrs. Whiteside, chairman of educa
tion, outlined the work in political
economics for the coming fall. Mu
nicipal government will be the first
subject taken up. From the city the
study work will proceed to the State,
and then to the National Government.
She spoke in glowing terms of the
reception of the “pilgrims” in Wash
ington, July 31 She said the Sena
tors of the ten suffrage States w r armly
advocated suffrage, and Senators from
Michigan, Minnesota. Nebraska, Ohio
and Nevada fully indorsed their sen
timents. But few Senators uttered
unfavorable criticism. They Either
are convinced that suffrage is the need
of the country or, if adverse, they
have decided that silence is the bet
ter policy.
She referred to the work accom
plished by the w omen of Chicago, who
detfrmined to keep Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young in her position as superintend-
ent of schools. These women, with
the ballot as their weapon, demanded
and obtained fair representation on
the Board of Education, and retained
in office the best superintendent Chi
cago has ever known.
Mrs. Albert Howell, the vice pres
ident, gave an interesting anecdote on
suffrage campaigning.
“I asked a neighbor,” said Mrs.
Howell, “to Join our league. She was
quite horrified that anyone , should
suggest to her to leave her children
and neglect her family by voting. 1
asked her how many bridge clubs she
belonged to. ‘Only three,’ she told
me. ‘Yes.’ I replied, ‘I see. Each of
these clubs meets once a week, tak
ing you from home about nine hours
per week, about 450 hours per year.
It Is not to be wondered at that you
fail to find five minutes twice a year
to cast your ballot.’”
The feature of the meeting wan an
address by Professor George Allen
Loehr. He gave woman’s work In its
different phases, and shdwed how ful
ly she has measured up In every field
she has entered.
So thoroughly were the audience in
accord with the speaker that he was
urged to furnish his address to the
league for publication.
Y. M. C. A. AUXILIARY
HOLDS MEETING FRIDAY
r HE Ladies Auxiliary of the
Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation met Friday afternoon In
the Baptist Tabernacle with a large
attendance.
PSYCHOLOGIC AL STUDY
CLASS.
T he psychological study
CLASS met Thursday afternoon,
at which time Mrs. Allen, of
Springfield,. Mo., lectured on “Spirit
ual Science.” A large number of psy
chologists were present to hear Mrs,
Allen, who Is regarded as one of the
advanced thinkers of the society.
• • •
PIONEER WOMAN
MEETS WITH ACCIDENT
D URING the week Mrs. John M.
Stephens, member of the At
lanta Woman's Pioneer Society,
had the misfortune to break her wrist,
from which she is suffering greatly.
Mrs. Stephens is at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Eugene Mitchell, on
the Peachtree road.
• • •
KIRKWOOD CIVIC LEAGUE.
O NE of the most sqccessful civic
clubs in the federation ia that
organized in Kirkwood in 1911.
There are 54 members, with civic
betterment, literature and philan
thropy as an Incentive for their en
deavor. and all are directing their
activities toward the Improvement of
their community.
Officers of the Kirkwood Civic
Club are Mrs. J. D. Dunwoody. pres
ident; Mrs. A. R. Brogdon, vice pres
ident; Mnt D. K. Aran, second vice
president; Miss Estill, secretary, and
Mrs. jW. D. Paden, treasurer.
During the fir** year of Its estab
lishment the Kirkwood Civic Club
bought and paid for a lot for a park
and sehoolhouse, and established the
drinking cups in the schools.
For the earlv fall work this or
ganization has many interesting
plans to develop which will be taken
up wdth the October meetings.
The league gave an ice cream fes
tival at Warlick Place Saturday af
ternoon. at w'hlch time a delightful
program of games and music was en
joyed. A large number of patrons
attended the entertainment which
made it a social and financial success.
NEEDLECRAFT CIRCLE,
NO. 1.
E DGEWOOD Needlecraft Circle
was organized in January, 1913.
with a charter membership of
22. which continues about the same
at the present time.
As Is implied by its name, the pur
pose of the organization is a kind of
social co-operation in promoting In
terest and ambition to excel in the
art of needlecraft, the purpose be’ng
not only to develop skill, but to
cultivate an appreciation of the beau
tiful and artistic.
So it was that last January 22 en
thusiastic ladies gathered in an
Edgewood home for the purpose of
organizing, and organized into a
circle with the following officers:
Mrs. W. M. Gill, president; Mrs. M.
V. Hartweli, vice president; Mrs. E.
E. Stud, treasurer; Miss Willie Hart
well. secretary.
Committoe on Membership: Mrs.
McDonald, chairman. Mra Dennis.
Mrs. M. D. Ruff. Mrs. Aiken, Mrs.
McCormack.
After a few meetings it w'as felt by
the members that they should broad
en the scope beyond the limits of the
original thought, needlecraft, and
this gradually led to activity in civic
interest.
CENTER HILL CIVIC CLUB.
T IE Center Hill Civic Club met
with Mrs. John Starr at her
home In Center Hill during the
week, when the question of widening
the public road in that section of the
city and of better car service was
taken up as the subject for discus
sion.
Center Hill is a community of 1,200
home-owners, and it has been one of
the Important works of the club to
get better car service. In this sub
urban section, which lies adjacent to
the river car line, there are 100 chil
dren under 9 years of age w'ho attend
the public school at Center Hill and
as the road is very narrow and dan
gerous for the children on account of
the automobiles that pass so contin
uously. and so almost impassable for
the residents in bad weather, the club
is directing its energies partly toward
the improvement of this condition.
“There is only 150 feet of road to
be worked into a desirable thorough
fare. and we hope through the road
commissioners to get it done speed
ily.” said Mrs. Starr, president of the
club.
“In bad weather It is very hard on
the young women w r ho come Into At
lanta to attend the various office po
sitions many of them hold, for the
road is muddy, and with the cuts in
the dirt made by wagons and automo
bile traffic, the mud becomes slush
and has spoiled several of the girls’
clothes. It is unsafe, too, for the
children and I have seen many little
ones nearly run over on account of
the unfavorable condition of the road.
To remedy this,” concluded Mrs. Starr,
"is one of the dearest wishes of the
Center Hill Club.”
There are nearly 100 members In
the club, which has but recently or
ganized.
* * •
TENTH WARD IMPROVE
MENT CLUB.
M RS. F. R. L1NDORME, president
of the Tenth Ward Improve
ment Club, was hostess for the
club Thursday afternoon at her home
in Stewart avenue.
During the summer the Tenth Ward
Improvement Club has been holding
monthly meetings Instead of semi
monthly meetings, as is the regular
order, but will shortly begin meet
ing every second and fourth Thurs
day, as heretofore.
The Thursday meeting was a busi
ness one, at w’hlch time reports were
made cm the Westminster Park, for
w'hlch the city has appropriated $1,500
on the street Improvements and other
matters that are engaging the atten
tion of the club.
There are 25 members in the club.
Following are the officers: Mrs. F.
R. Lindorme, president; Mrs. Nor
man Harper, vice president; Mrs.
Carl Weinmeister second vice pres
ident; Mrs. A. M. Turman, secretary,
and Mrs. McDonald, treasurer.
• * *
RAILWAY AUXILIARY
POSTPONES MEET ING
T HE Woman's Auxiliary of the
Railway Men’s Association post
poned .their regular meeting,
which was to have taken place this
week, on account of the illness of Mrs.
Roy Willheit, who i^ one of the active
members of the association.
• • *
D. A. R. SCHOLARSHIP AT
WASHINGTON SEMINARY
T HE Atlanta Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution,
has a scholarship in the Wash
ington Seminary.
This scholarship includes four
years of study in all the branches of
English literature. Mrs. A. McDowell
Wolff, chairman of the educational
committee, has requested all girls
washing to enter the list of appli
cants to report to her at once in per
son or by letter at her address, No.
9 Peachtree place, where she is pre
pared to give all information con
cerning the scholarship.
This scholarship carries with it
nothing of obligation and is a full
four-year course.
W. (7. T. U.*ARRANGES
FOR FALL WORK
T HE Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union held an interesting
meeting in the Sunday school
room of Trinity church Thursday af
ternoon, at which time plans were
made for the early fall work. Mrs.
Mary L. McLendon is president of
this organization and has furthered
the influence of the association to
the extent of having a splendid mem
bership enrolled at this time.
* * *
HABERSHAM CHAPTER
PLANS FOR WINTER
A N interesting meeting was held
by the Joseph Habersham Chap
ter D. A. R. at the home of the
regent. Mrs. John A. Perdue, Friday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock, at w'hich
time Important matters pertaining to
the work of the chapter were dis
cussed. This chapter has been very
active during the summer months,
and has more elaborate plans for
the fall and winter, all of which will
bear upon the social life of the city,
as wety as upon the patriotic work of
the D. A. R. organization.
• * •
U. D. C.’S ATTEND -
MRS. SMITH’S FUNERAL
T HE United Daughters of the
Confederacy attended the funer
al of Mrs. A. J. Smith, w'hich
took place from St. Mark church
last w'eek. Mrs. Smith was a promi
nent member of the Atlanta Chapter
U. D. C. and had many friends in
the association.
• • •
MRS. MARIE MYRICK
VISITS LEGISLATURE
M rs. marie louise myrick,
has been In the clyt this week
with her son, Shelby Myrick, of
Savannah, who is in the Legislature.
Mrs. Myrick is a prominent club wo
man and is said to be among the
best women politicians in the state.
ST. MARK
W EDNESDAY afternoon the la
dles of the two committee, No.
R And No. 5, of the Methodist
Church gave a delightful Ice cream
festival on the lawn of St. Mark
Church under the management of
the chairmen of the committees. A
large number of patrons were served
and a nice sum added to the com
mittee funds. Having charge of th<
festival was Mrs. Elizabeth Winship
Bates and Mrs. R. L. Byers.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of St. Mark Church held its regular
meeting at the Sunday school rooms
Tuesday afternoon.
• • *
ALL SAINT S
M ISS JENNIE PRENTISS, Miss
Mary Prentiss and Mrs. Pren
tiss. their mother, will return
from Goshen. N. Y.. September ]
Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and Miss
Louisa Hamilton will return from
Sewanee. Tenn., early in Sopt^mbe**,
and will take an apartment for the
w inter.
• • •
ST. PHILIP S CATHEDRAL.
jV/i R- AND ::RS. ROBERT SHARP
I I and their daughter. Sharp.
will snend the next few weeks
tn Canada visiting relatiVt * and
friends. Mrs. Sham is president of
the Woman’s Guild of St. Philip's
Cathedral.
Rev. C. T. A. Pise, dean >f St.
Philip’s Cathedral, has returned from
a week’s visit to Clarkesville.
The Ladies' Aid Society will r sum*
its meetings in September, at which
time plans will be perfected for tin*
December bazar which theMadits of
the Cathedral hold annually.
J
HItRSDAY evening the ladies o!
the Druid Hills Methodist
Church gave a Mother Goose
tainment, at which time beauti
ful pantomime stories from Mother
Goose melodies w’ere reproduced by
children.
Mrs. William Frizzell and Misa
Hope Wilder had charge of the en
tertainment. which was an artistic a
w ell as financial success.
• ♦ •
PONCE DE LEON BAPTIST. 1
-T" HE district meeting of the At- j
j lanta Baptist women will be j
held with the Ponce DeLeon
Avenue Baptist Church next Monday
afternoon, at which time Mrs. W. O.
Mitchell, superintendent of the dis
trict. will preside.
Following the business session a
reception will be held in honor of
Miss Clifford Hunter, who is going
to China as a missionary in a short
time. Miss Hunter was appointed by
the Foreign Mission Board to a post
in North China. Every v oman in th*
Baptist church is invited to attend
the meeting and personally meet
Miss Hunter who sails for tier new
home in the Orient in the early fall.
DRUID HILLS METHODIST.
•’T"' HE ladies of Circle No. 5 an-1
j Circle No. 1 of the Druid Hills
Methodist Church will entertain
the ladies of the Druid Hills Presby
terian Church and the ladies of St.
John’s Methodist Church Monday aft
ernoon.
There will be an interesting pro
gram and refreshments. Following is
the program:
Devotional—Mrs. T. R. Kendall,
Gainesville, Ga.
Solo—Mrs. J. W. Shinholser.
Snatches from Bulletin—Mrs. E. W.
Rose.
Tampa—Mrs. W. A. Albright.
Reading—Miss Mary Stovall.
Cuba—Mrs. W. A. Candler.
Solo—Mrs. J. W. Shinholser.
Symposium—Led by Mrs. Leon C.
Greer.
Social--Mrs. A. L. Norris.
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